A large number of barbarians and Miao people outside Fuling City intercepted the official roads in Fuling and even hindered the traveling pedestrians and merchants.

Regarding the Man and Miao people, Zhou County Magistrate adopted a policy of persuasion and gentleness. Even though Zhou Dao had unparalleled prestige in Fuling, he did not achieve any results.

The Man Miao people believed that reopening the iron ore was a blasphemy to their gods, and they would never give up unless the iron ore was closed.

In the Military Offices Conference Hall, Wei Ran cursed, "Now the iron ore mining has been reported, the barbarian seedlings are coming to make trouble. How to throw this brick?"

Li Xuansheng looked at the sand table he made and said to Zhou Dai, "Chief Zhou, can you tell me about the Man Miao people in Fuling?"

Zhou Dai replied respectfully, "Sishui Village is the residence of Man Miao in Fuling. There are about hundreds of families and thousands of people here. They are the Man Miao tribe who fled here from Nanzhao hundreds of years ago."

Li Xuansheng pointed at the Sishui Village with a wooden stick, "Since they can live here for a hundred years, they must have managed this Sishui Village like a fortress. If we attack them, do you think we have little chance of winning?"

Zhou Dai was stunned and said in surprise, "What? General, are you going to attack Sishui Village?"

"That's right, these Man Miao people were just Man Miao people who fled from Nanzhao to Fuling. The Baiyue people originally took them in and gave them a place to survive. But now Fuling is a prefecture and county in the Han and Tang Dynasties, so they should know who is the ruler of Fuling."

Hearing Li Xuansheng's words, Zhou Dai suddenly felt that the young man in front of him was too hasty. If the Sishui Village of the Man Miao people could be easily compromised, they would have been in their current scale.

Zhou Dai persuaded, "General, you are busy thinking twice."

Li Xuansheng smiled and said, "Zhou Zhubu, do you think I underestimate those barbarians?"

"I don't dare, I'm just worried."

"Zhou Zhuan Zhu, how long has I been in Fuling?"

"It's been two months since I returned to the general."

Li Xuansheng asked again, "Do you know what my troops in the Chinese and foreign patrols are doing in the past two months? Then do you know why I want to reopen the iron ore?"

After Li Xuansheng asked for this, Zhou Dai no longer understood that he could leave Bibingya and go back to teach.

"It turns out that the general had already planned, and his subordinates were worried too much."

"It's not your fault. You have been in Fuling for a long time. I believe you have never regarded the barbarians as outsiders, so naturally I will not be full of hostility towards them. But what about them? Have you ever contributed to Fuling? Have you ever paid taxes? I believe you have the answer if I don't say it."

When Zhou Dai heard Li Xuansheng say this, he also understood what he wanted to do. Li Xuansheng was right. The people in Fuling City have always been to help those barbarians. Why should Zhou Dai treat these people who only know how to ask for favors but not repay their kindness?

Zhou Dai asked, "Why don't you know when the general will take action?"

“Tonight.”

Li Xuansheng led his troops to wipe out Sishui Village. Zhou Dao personally put on his official uniform and waited for his return at the gate of Fuling City.

Now above the city wall, Zhou Dao was embarrassed and said to Zhou Dai beside him, "I underestimate our major general. Such meticulousness is beyond ordinary people's reach. I believe there is a capable person behind him to help."

"Sir, I believe that the Man Miao people in Sishui Village should surrender to us after tonight. I hope the Major General did not start a massacre!"

Zhou Dao touched his beard and said, "If he followed his plan, the barbarians would never have dreamed that their city would be broken."

"Yes. If you have such a surprise weapon, sir, what are the fears of those barbarians?"

An artificial river led by the stream in the mountains crosses Sishui Village. Black shadows swim in the river. These black shadows appear from the water beside the dim water plants and quietly come to the shadow of the building.

On the city tower of Sishui Village, many Man and Miao people were vigilant. These black shadows were dispersed and moved toward the city tower. After climbing up the city tower, the black shadows acted in unison and exposed their daggers to kill the Man and Miao people who were vigilant. Then they changed into their clothes and went to other places where they were vigilant. The black shadows who had changed their clothes formed a small team to approach the patrolling Man and Miao people. The two pairs of men just met, and the Man and Miao people were killed by this fake night patrol team before they could react.

In less than half an hour, all the defense areas of Sishui Village were stripped away by others. These people even ignited the weapons and grain warehouses of the Man Miao people, and then beat the gong to wake up the Man Miao people.

When the Man Miao people woke up from their sleep, they saw the fires soaring into the sky. Everyone went to put out the fire, without noticing that their Dazhai gate had been opened. A roar of shock came from outside the gate. Li Xuansheng's cavalry first rushed into Sishui Village, and then the archers and infantry followed and set up formations on both sides of the cavalry.

The Man Miao people only noticed that the Han and Tang dynasties were watching them put out the fire, and forgot to resist for a moment.

The patriarch of Sishui Village hurriedly organized people to confront the Han and Tang army that rushed into the village. The Man Miao people, who had no weapons but only wooden sticks and hoes, were obviously not the opponent of this well-equipped Han and Tang army.

The patriarch Durau shouted, "What do you want to do?"

Li Xuansheng shook the whip with his right hand, "What are we going to do? Can't the old patriarch see it?"

Durau pointed at Li Xuansheng, "If you dare to do anything randomly, our Sishui Village children will definitely make you pay the price."

Li Xuansheng sneered, "The price? Old patriarch, you have made trouble these days, and I didn't say anything. But you dare to intercept the past merchants and cut off my business in Fuling. Should you also pay something?"

"Hmph, you Han and Tang people don't have a good thing. You dare to blaspheme the gods. Sooner or later, you will be punished by the gods."

"What about the gods? I wonder if the gods you worshiped will save you tonight?"

When Li Xuansheng whip sounded, the imperial cavalry beside him drew out their sabers, the archers pulled the bowstrings, and the infantry's horizontal sword slowly sank.

Seeing the appearance of the Imperial Guards and soldiers, some of the confrontation of the Barbarian Miao people began to retreat. When Durawu saw someone retreating, he immediately realized that if he didn't do anything, his own people would be finished.

"Don't be afraid of them, brothers and sisters of Sishui. We are the people of the Human Emperor, and even if we die, we cannot insult his reputation. Fight with me."

Durau, holding an iron hammer, rushed towards the Imperial Guard. The Miao people from Sishui Village behind saw the clan leader rushing towards the Imperial Guard, also rushed up.

"General!"

Li Xuansheng shouted, "Shoot the arrow!"

"Puff puff puff!" Without shields and armor, the Man Miao people who rushed to the front fell one by one. Durau Bibi was over fifty years old, and the iron hammer in his hand sounded. Blocking the arrows shot, Li Xuansheng rode Zhuifeng to Durau and slashed with the help of Zhuifeng's rushing force, Durau was smashed three feet away.

Li Xuansheng straddled his spear in his hand, "Those who surrender will fall lightly, and those who continue to cause trouble will be killed on the spot!"

Although Li Xuansheng is young, he looks quite like Li Qing when he becomes cruel. The barbarians were originally planning to resist, but when they see that the clan leader Durau was killed, they immediately put down their weapons and chose to surrender. Among them, the cry of children came from the children. Some couples and elders protected their young children behind them, fearing that they would be injured by the Imperial Guard.

It seemed as if they had thunderously wiped out Sishui Village, but Li Xuansheng and his army practiced for a long time, but they concealed the people of Fuling during the exercise.

All the Barbarians and Miao people were arrested, and the Imperial Guard brought all these people back to Fuling City. Li Xuansheng ordered people to burn Sishui Village with fire.

Looking at Sishui Village surrounded by raging flames, a figure hiding in the mountains and forests quietly disappeared.
Chapter completed!